Willie Boy Sparknotes

“Willie Boy” by Harry Lawton is the western storytelling of the dramatic actions that took place with the Willie and Carlota adventure. The book chronicles the events that took place within the wild love story. The book being one of the first publications of the story had a great authoritative grasp on the incidents that took place within the story. This telling of the story set the foundations for the desert Indian people. This publication shed light on Native Americans in the local area, although being both overhanging dark clouds and the first authoritative voice of the people. This story was a gateway opener for Native Americans to find truth and share their own culture with the world. After the book was published many retellings and revisions

It’s the gritty west with the common good and bad gut chase. With the hopeless lovers choosing their romance instead of their family. They go on the run due to the fatality their love has caused. it’s the wild west meeting the wild Indians. From the novel the lines that express the western tone are, “ Through the long afternoon they lay behind boulders, guns ready, studying the terrain from their hiding places.” ‘...Meanwhile, Sheriff Wilson’s party turned toward the foothills south of Cabazon, where Billy Mike had last seen Willie Boy. They were forced to abandon their buggy and follow the tracks on foot to One Horse Spring.” These line represent the utter perseverance of the west and the posse’s obsession of seeing justice brought to light. The unexamined and overlooked would not get away with his Indian ways without seeing righteousness the white man’s way. The pioneers of the white men would ensure that the savage were taught a lesson. Also the addition of the physical elements of the valleys, mountains, and rugged terrain adds to the western

This retelling is one of hope and survival. She speaks of the story as it is that of a creation story in which Willie Boy symbolizes the continued fighting spirit of the Native Americans. With Willie Boy escaping the white man there is a white light at the end of this telling of the story.”And they say that they never caught him, that he ran away from them, back home again, and that he made it over there,” This telling of the story helps define bravery and hope within the Native American communities. The suffering of losing Carlota prevailed Willie to survive and keep his legacy in secret. This revision of the story has many in common themes with the survival of Native American Culture. The parallels of having strife,”losing Carlota,” and having to survive until escaping the white man is something we are witnessing in our day to day lives as it is within just recent years that Native AMericans have been experiencing a cultural reemergence with the world in their own right. He survived and in a way, is thriving